Here at the On Military Matters shoppe, we hope you've been enjoying the summer, now about half over. But there's still plenty of August wargaming remaining this year, and here are a number of items that will be coming to the shoppe in August.
WARGAMING RULES…
RONIN: Skirmish Wargames in the Age of the Samurai Choose from one of several factions and build forces to battle for dominance and survival in 16th-century Japan. A full points system, incorporating a wide range of equipment and skills, allows for detailed customization of characters, while scenarios and a campaign system permit them to gain experience and develop over time. $18.00 USD
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BOLT ACTION: Armies of Imperial Japan Supplement covers WWII Japanese forces. $25.00 USD
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RONIN 28mm SAMURAI MINIATURES…
Bushi Buntai (9) 28mm figures 2x ashigaru with yumi & medium armour, 2x ashigaru with yari & medium armour, 2x ashigaru with teppo & medium armour, 2x samurai with katana & heavy armour, and 1x hatamoto samurai with naginata & heavy armour. $40.00 USD
Sohei Monk Buntai (8) 28mm figures 2x initiates with yumi & medium armour, 2x initiates with teppo & medium armour, 3x sohei with naginata & medium armour. and 1x senior with tetsubo & medium armour. $36.00 USD
Bandit Buntai (10) 28mm figures 2x peasants with farm implements, 1x bandit with yumi & light armour, 1x bandit with teppo & light armour, 2x bandits with yari & medium armour, 1x lieutenant with teppo & medium armour, 1x lieutenant with naginata & medium armour, 1x leader in heavy armour with sword, and 1x ronin with nodachi & heavy armour. $44.00 USD
Koryu Buntai (9) 28mm figures 5x Initiates with katana, 2x Senior students with katana, 1x Senior student with nodachi, and 1x Sensei with katana & wakizashi. $40.00 USD
PRE-ORDER RONIN DEAL (36) 28mm figures 1 of each box of above miniatures (36 figures in total), plus rulebook. $159.30 USD (saves $18.70 USD).
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HIGHLANDER 28mm FIGURES…
PRE-RELEASE HIGHLANDER PACK: 28mm Metal Miniature Figures Pre-release blister pack of six different Highlander figures. $15.00 USD
Osprey…
262 MANZIKERT 1071: The Breaking of Byzantium $22.00 USD
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004 MARTIN B-26 MARAUDER $19.00 USD
027 The FN FAL Battle Rifle $19.00 USD
029 U.S. COMBAT SHOTGUNS $19.00 USD
030 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk $19.00 USD
053 M10 Tank Destroyer vs StuG III Assault Gun Germany 1944 $19.00 USD
054 F4F Wildcat vs A6M Zero-sen Pacific Theater 1942 $19.00 USD
193 WORLD WAR II WINTER AND MOUNTAIN WARFARE TACTICS $19.00 USD
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OPERATION BARBAROSSA: The German Invasion of Soviet Russia Fully illustrated with unique Osprey artwork, new maps, and contemporary photographs, this tells the story of one of the definitive campaigns of World War II and examines how the failure of the invasion contributed to the final defeat of Nazi Germany. $40.00 USD
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490 Imperial German Colonial and Overseas Troops 1885-191 $18.00 USD
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103 Ki-27 'Nate' Aces $23.00 USD
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OTHER BOOKS…
SPLENDOUR REVISITED: King Joachim Murat's Colourful Army – The Neapolitan Army 1808-1815 Provides a concise but full history of this remarkable man and will enable those interested in the Naples Army from 1808 to 1815 to see the full glory of their uniforms. Includes 50 photos of hand-painted miniatures. Limited edition of 100 copies. $60.00 USD
SAAB 37 VIGGEN Walk Around Illustrated with 196 photographs, color profiles and numerous detailed line drawings. $19.00 USD
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Pz.Lpfw.38(t) Variations In Action Illustrated with more than 186 photographs, detailed line drawings and color profiles. $19.00 USD
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M3 GUN MOTOR CARRIAGE Detail In Action Illustrated with 237 photographs. $19.00 USD
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THE TYPE II U-BOAT Latest book in Super Drawings in 3D series presents a brief description of the German Type II coastal submarines, along with their general characteristics. The text is accompanied by 160 renderings which show the external appearance of all four sub-types, including details such as various conning towers and armament variants, as well as other fittings. Blueprints of the four sub-types in 1:144 scale (general and isometric views) are included on a separate sheet. $23.00 USD
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ACADEMIC BOOKS…
NORMAN NAVAL OPERATIONS in the Mediterranean Drawing from Latin, Greek, Jewish and Arabic sources, this book details how the House of Hauteville, particularly under Robert Guiscard and his brother Roger, used sea power in the 11th and 12th centuries to accomplish what the Papacy, the German Empire and the Eastern Empire could not: the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily from Islam. $99.00 USD
ALFRED'S WARS: Sources and Interpretations of Anglo-Saxon Warfare in the Viking Age Comprehensive guide to land and sea forces, logistics, campaigning, battles, fortifications, and final peacemaking of the late Anglo-Saxon period. $35.00 USD
SPECIAL OPERATIONS IN THE AGE OF CHIVALRY 1100-1550 Six select and exciting operations: the betrayal of Antioch in 1098; the attempt to rescue King Baldwin II from the dungeon of Khartpert in 1123; the assassination of Conrad of Montferrat in 1192; the attempt to storm Calais in 1350; the 'dirty war' waged by the rulers of France and Burgundy in the 1460s and 1470s; and the demolition of the flour mill of Auriol in 1536. $30.00 USD (paperback) or $90.00 USD (hardback)
WARFARE IN TENTH-CENTURY GERMANY Covers the first two kings of the Saxon dynasty, Henry I (919-936) and Otto I (936-973), as they waged war across the length and breadth of Europe. Ottonian armies campaigned from the banks of the Oder in the east to the Seine in the west, and from the shores of the Baltic Sea in the north, to the Adriatic and Mediterranean in the south. $99.00 USD
RENAISSANCE FRANCE AT WAR: Armies, Culture and Society, c.1480-1560 In Italy from 1494 to 1529, for instance, France was involved in at least a hundred battles, some of them 'battles of giants' like Marignano. After 1530, though the emphasis partly shifted away from Italy and major battles were replaced by complex sieges and wars of maneuver, the presence of war was universal. In the 'Habsburg Valois' wars that began in 1521, the country was subjected to major military incursions but continued to make notable attempts to occupy contiguous territory in the Pyrenees, the Alps and the north-east. $99.00 USD
THE DUTCH ARMY AND THE MILITARY REVOLUTIONS 1588-1688 Covers changes that were effected in the tactics and organization of the Dutch armed forces between 1588 and 1688, showing how in the first decades of this period the Dutch army was transformed from an unreliable band of mercenaries into a disciplined force that could hold its own against the might of Spain. $120.00 USD
DON'T FORGET THE MAGAZINES…
VAE VICTUS #111 Hall #4 is an introductory wargame that simply simulates the combat for control of one of the many buildings constituting the weapons factory 'Krasnaya Barrikady' (Red Barricade) in Stalingrad in the autumn of 1942. French text, but English translation of the game rules. $24.00 USD
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